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What Happens If You Forget Your iPhone Passcode?
Find out what happens when you can no longer unlock your iPhone normally, how repeated attempts affect access and what recovery may involve.
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Clear answers to questions about phones, passwords, online accounts and social media — including what happens next and what options you may have.
Passwords & access
Forgotten passcodes and passwords, locked devices and what can happen when you can no longer access an account normally.
Accounts & identity
Online accounts, Apple and Google services, social media profiles and what happens when accounts are deleted or access is lost.
Phones & devices
Everyday device problems, lost phones and the consequences for your data, accounts and access to connected services.
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Technology & Internet questions
Start with six everyday technology situations where knowing what happens next can save time, protect your information and make the next step clearer.
APPLE ACCOUNT
What Happens If You Forget Your Apple ID Password?
See how losing access to your Apple account can affect connected services, purchases, iCloud data and account recovery.
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What Happens If You Forget Your iPad Password?
Understand what happens when you cannot unlock your iPad and what recovery can mean for the device and the information stored on it.
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What Happens If You Delete Your Facebook Account?
Find out what happens to your profile, posts, messages and connected services when you choose to permanently delete your Facebook account.
Find out what happens →LOST DEVICES
What Happens If You Lose Your Phone?
See what can happen to your data, calls, accounts and mobile service after your phone goes missing, and which actions matter first.
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What Happens If You Delete Your Google Account?
Explore what deleting a Google account can mean for Gmail, stored data and other Google services connected to the same account.
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